What evolution can Leonardo Marin have as a winger?

Another role tested in the three-quarters department. In the last two Benetton Rugby matches, Leonardo Marin has created a new dimension in Marco Bortolami’s tactical chessboard, that of the winger.

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What evolution can Leonardo Marin have as a winger?

Fly-half, first centre, fullback and now also winger: a utility back done and finished in 2002. Where can this further flexibility of his take him? Meanwhile, to carve out more playing time with his club and then on the pitch to try to give new opportunities to the Benetton Rugby game.

In fact, Marin has demonstrated that he has good speed, a more than reasonable ability to withstand impacts and also the quality to play with his foot, something that is now required of all midfielders to try to turn the game around both in difficult and difficult situations. in breaking situations.

And what if this led it to be an alternative also in a blue key? We know that Gonzalo Quesada and his staff focus a lot on attacking midfielders capable of doing many things, also to provide unpredictability to the “launch of offensive schemes”. Of course, the enlarged triangle now, with the entry of Louis Lynagh and the explosion of Lorenzo Pani, is very covered and in some ways crowded, but an extra reinforcement never hurts, especially thinking about the next summer tour where, perhaps, some of the national team’s fast men could be given a bit of rest, read Capuozzo or Ioane.

It is true that among the wings there are elements like Gesi who have been waiting for their turn for some time, but returning to Marin it is also conceivable that he could be used as a fly-half, given that at the moment there isn’t anyone behind Garbisi. all this choice, waiting to understand if Tommaso Allan will be eligible for the national team again.

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